Facilities Services

As UC Berkeley prepares to resume in-person instruction in the fall, several faculty members have raised concerns over poor ventilation in Dwinelle Hall and Wheeler Hall, posing questions about safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a project spearheaded by UC Berkeley, trees lining Claremont Avenue have been removed in an effort to maintain fire evacuation routes for city residents. 

Standing three or more in a row, one of the most familiar sights across the UC Berkeley campus is, in fact, its trash cans. Many of the waste bins, marked according to specified material, sport the phrase “Zero Waste by 2020,” calling on students, faculty and visitors alike to do their part in the campuswide project to promote sustainability.

In this case, it was the north-facing clock that was broken, with the other three clocks still reporting the right time. Karen Lobo, associate director of Facilities Services, said the clock was broken because of a failed motor. Campus Facilities Services had a backup motor, which was installed, and the failed motor was sent out for refurbishment.

Firetrucks, paramedic vehicles and fully equipped firefighters crowded the area outside California Hall on Monday, alarming passers-by — an entire ordeal that was merely a collaborative drill involving the Berkeley Fire Department and campus Facilities Services.

In their Wednesday meeting, the University of California Regents approved a $150 million plan to replace the seismically-unsafe Tolman Hall with a new building in downtown Berkeley.

Preparations are currently underway to transform Maxwell Family Field, the multi-use playing field adjacent to Memorial Stadium, into a two-story parking structure with a field on top, similar to Underhill Parking and Field.

Power has been fully restored to all buildings on the UC Berkeley campus as of Friday morning, after a Sept. 30 explosion near California Hall damaged underground power lines and left 11 buildings unable to connect to the campus’ power grid.